HUMA 1770 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 - Mesopotamia + PRESENTATION & ESSAY INFORMATION
26 May 2013
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Presentation = short outline + bibliography (main points) Written essay = migration: consequences of migration, civilization = societies that we study from today on (1500ce, write in mla style, short essay 5-6 pages, research paper. Large rivers (nile) flooded, left rich deposits (alluvium most fertile regions) Hydraulic empires = organize themselves to use/control the water. Map (5000 years ago) = sedimentation over time, amount of area of cultivation increases. Store water and dig canals = control over their crops. Result of these technological development = develop surpluses, organized religion, monumental structures. Became wealthy so become the target of the less rich civilization. Warka (3100bce) = existence of written tablets (oldest form of writing to human: taking record of the wealth of the society (amount of grain, how livestock are divided) Used writing as sacred script, poetry, literature (used later) Abraham = hebrew prophet, migrated from this place.
